A large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch; SYN. gran casa.
The largest drum of the orchestra or military band, with notes of indeterminate pitch, consisting of a cylindrical wooden body with two drumming surfaces (of hide or plastic). It is usually placed upright and drummed from the side.

See timpani. A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it. kettle drum, kettle-drum.

A kettledrum.

(Italian) set of kettledrums. Or kettledrums tuned drums derived from medieval nakers (from Arabic naqqara), each consisting of a single skin stretched over a bowl resonator that tunes and focuses the sound.
Originally used in pairs tuned to the tonic and dominant key, their numbers were increased and mechanisms introduced during the 19th century to allow pitch changes during a performance. The modern instrument is tunable by pedal. A normal symphony orchestra will have up to five timpani, ranging in pitch from about B1 to G3. + prikaži više